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WorksheetsChp 16 viruses
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
_____ train your immune system without giving you an infection. They usually contain inactive virus, viral proteins, or viral mRNA
vaccines
antibiotics
antivirals
anticoagulants
the most ____ viruses cause severe illness or death.
dormant
virulent
attenuated
non-virulent
A ______ is an infectious protein that is abnormally folded and causes normal proteins to fold abnormally. It is found in cases of "Mad-Cow-Disease"
Covid-19 virus
HIV virus
prion
bacteriophage
A ____ is the DNA of a bacteriophage that has inserted itself into the bacteria host DNA
centromere
plasmid
polymerase
prophage
Which would you find in a virus?
ribosomes
capsid protein coat
cellular membrane
nucleus
A _____ species can maintain a population of virus and act as a source for transmission to other hosts.
non-compatible
extinct
prion
resevoir
____ is a retroviral enzyme responsible for converting RNA into DNA.
reverse transcriptase
amylase
lactase
peptidase
bacteriophage following the ______ pathway, reproduce and burst from the host cell.
lytic
cyclic
metabolic
prophage
A drug taken after infection and used to block a binding site of a virus to slow infection, is an example of (a/an)_____
antiviral
antibiotic
anticoagulant
vaccine
a ____ refers to a gradual change of viral proteins due to small mutation but a vaccinated person's immune system can still recognize the virus.
antigenic shift
antigenic drift
antigenic replication
antigenic cloning
